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Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic.
Peter L Berger
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Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular fundamentalism into a religious fundamentalism or the other way around, which is not very helpful.
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